Wind-shield cleaner.



J. H. SNUDDEN.

WIND SHIELD CLEANER.

APPLICATION m50 056.15, 1916.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

ATTO?? NEY aux.

l UNITED STATES PTEN oniaioE.

i, JAMS H.' SNUDDEN, 0F BOTHELL, WASHINGTON.'

wmp-SHIELD CLEANER.

To all fwkon'z. z't 'moy Concern.'

Be it known that I, Janes 1l. Se; Uoonx,

i af citizen of the United States, residing at yBothell, in the county ot King and State ot "lVas-hington. have invented certain new and "uelul linprovenientS in findqhield (`lean ers` ol`whieh the following is a apeeitieation. Thil invention relates to a wind Shield cleaner and the primary obj ect of the invention is to provide a cleaning element. adapted to engage a portion oi' the. Surface of the.

glaes in a Wind shield and provided` with means tor eansang the cleanlngnelement to travel aero@ the surface of the glass for .removing snow, Sleet, dost or yother matter likely toobstrnft the attention of the 0perator. i

As another object of the invention, the cleaning element. is Inonnted on an operating mechanism 'for drawing the cleaning element across the glass on the. trout surface of the glane. the operating mechanism including a` lhandle arranged on the rea r side ol the. wind l@hield wlnreby the operator may conveniently graspy the saine toreaueing the glans eleaner to move, completely across one surface oiE the glane.

, As. a further object of the invention the device, includes clamps adapted to embrace theside trame bars of the wind Shield, the Sliding engagement. ot the clamps with the. said bara.permitting the whole device to be eafily and quickly removed from or attached to the'i'vind shield. l

A .further ohjeet.ojfthi invention is the l'irovision' of a.l wind shield cleaner which eonsists ol"eounmralively l'ew `parte and is simple in renali-notion, but durable and well adapted `to withstand the rough usage to which devices ot' this Character are ordinarily subjected. l

For a l'ull description of the invention and the :nlvantagenalnl merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following desrrii'ition and the acr'oinianying drawings, wherein is illust rated the preferrml form of my invention. in which; l

Figure i ie a. 'front elevation of a Wind Shield showing lny 'invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal fragmentary section onlhe line 2-2 of Fig, 1. Fig. 3 is a section on Fig. l.

Fig. ft isi u 'fragmentary end elevation of the line `3--3 of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filled December 15, 1916. Serial No. 137,186.

illnstrated t-he preferred torni Vof my invention,a11d in which like numerals of reference indicate eorrel)onding partI throughout the several views, the wind shield A includes thel usual upright "traine liars 1 andthe top` frame har 2 -which are .usually round in c1ossf eet-ion and provided with grooves for receiving' the edges ot' the glass panel 3. This panel is the one through which the operator watches: the roadway' while driving the. vehicle and. ot' emu'ee` the saine must be kept free from any foreign element or in atter that would be likely to obscure the vision of the operator.

Embracing the upper portion of' each of the. side bars 1. is a clamp l which consists of a substantiallyY cylindrical tube preferably forlnedtroln spring metal and .which is parti-.llly opened wherel'iy the clamp may be slipped on the arm l when 'l )plying the .ame to the traine of the wind Shield. 'Integrally formed with the tubular portion .of

the sleevt is an upper` tlange and a lower flange, (i. the saine being arranged linleuiaeed relation and disposed in a horizontal plane..

Each flange 5 and 6,901 each clamp 4 ex Q and 4 ot' the drawing. each pair offlanges eon-nected to a track-rail 9 the ends 0f which are enlarged and integrally connected to the flanges o each clamp. f i

vThe above `deeeription..has hadV referentie to tinl upper portion ot Vvthe device bntf, by referring to Fig. ll ot the drawing, it will .be observed that the lower portion rof the device is dentieal in ennstrnrtion and is mounted adjacent the lower edge of the panel supporting plate l0 ha l its upper and lower ends enlarged to -provide bearing plates 1l ot' sulmtautally rectangular for'- Ination. ./\rrauged in spared relation to the plaies 1l are the retaining plates L2 while` arranged between the' plates l and 12am the upper rollers 13 and the lower rollers 14. The rollers are provided with trunnions extending through the apertures in the plates 11 and 12 and` lsince the plates are arranged nponopposite side of the track-rail, theI rollen-a will be disposed in a posit-ion whereby they will travel alongr the track-rail 51. ine ppper pair ol' rollers 13 are adapted to travel. on the upper surlaee olothe track-rail tl while the lower pair.o'l' rollers 11 art,I adapted to travel on the lower surface o1' the track-rail t). Each roller has an annular lang.` l'or engaging the sides of the track-rail. 'thin construction provides a truck lor each track-rail, each truck comprising four rollers.

' A vertical plate 1U has attached thereto a plate 15 which'carries the scraper or cleaning element 16 and'whicl'i projects toward and contacts with the front surface of the glass panel 3. lhia cleaning element'ltl is constructed from rubber or other suitable material and its edge contacte-w ith the glam panel so that when the trucha' are moved along the track-rails .l the gl will be rubbed or scraped il'ree from anyI foreign matter that ma have. adhered to the .surl'ace ol' the glass. "l'he length ot the scraper elei'ncnt Ilo i5 lSullicient to clean a comparatively large .sui-lace ol' the gla.-.` and especially that portion ol' the glss through which the operator oll the vehicleI view.` the roadway in l'ront oli the vehicle.

l"or causing the truclv' lo tra\el along the track-rails 5J: l have provided a flexible cable or wir(l Strand 1T which passes around the pulleycarried by the. llangef,l S. wire 1T is provided Ior both the upper and the lower portionay ol' thtI device. and an operating handle 1S has it.-; ends connected to the wire at a point moet f onvenient l'or the operator to reach.- As yahown by llig. 1 of the drawing, the operating handle 1S is disposed on the rear side ol' the wind shield adjacent one edge thereof. '.l`he operating handle is in this position when the, scraper 16 i5 at the opposite edge of the wind shield on the front side thereol'. To move the scraper across the front surface oi' the glass it is merely necessary l'or the operator to grasp the handle and push the same to the opposite edge of the wind shield,and the` movement thus imparted to the wire or flexi-v ble cable 17 will cause the'- trucks to travel `over the track-rail 9 to the opposite end thereof tlnis moving the scraper completely across the surfacel of the glass. I n this conpassed through a .screw threaded opening in the lower portion olE the clamp and has its end engaged with the side bars 1 ol the wmd shield trame thereby holding the clamp .in fixed position.

From the foregoing it will be observed that a very simple and durable wind shield cleaner has been providedA` the detaile ol' which embody the preferred l'orm. l deire it to be understood however, that slight changea in the lninor detailhy olI construction may he niade without departing l'iotn the :spirit of the invention or the Scope oll the elaimx hereunto appended.

l claim:

1. A wind shield cleaning device comprising, clamps adapted tobe supported by the wind shield l'ranie traek-raile4 supported by the .said rlainp J at'ljacentthe upper and lower edges ol' the glass panel ol' the. wind Shield, trueles mounted upon and adapted'to travel along said track-rails, a cleaning element; carried by the said'trucks, the Said trtwlts includinga plurality ot'v rollers havingl engagement with the upper and lower .Sui-laces olf each track-rail.

2. ;\v wind shield cleaning device comprising, clamps' adapted to be supported by the wind .Shield lrame7 track-rails lSupported by the clamps adjacent the upper and lower edgea ol' the glass-panel of the wind shield, truchasA mounted upon and adapted to travel along the said track-rails, a cleaning element carried by said trucks, the said trucks inchn'ling a plurality ot rollers having engagement with the upper and lower surl'acea oi each track-rail, and a flexible Vcable arranged at the upper and lower edges of the panel and extending entirely around the frame and connected to said trucks.

In testimony whereof I allix my signa-ture in presence of two witnesses.

l JAMES H. SNUDDEN. Witnesses;

' GEO. T. ERIQKSEN,

vHARRY L. Renna. 

